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The County Agent’s Corner
EDITED BY N. D. McRAIHEY
COUNTY AGENT ASKS
FARMERS TO WAGE
WAR ON INSECTS
County Farm Agent N. D. Me-
Rainey this week asked Baker
County farmers to cooperate in wag
ing a state-wide war against insect
pests.
Mr. Mcßainey requested farmers
to send or bring to him all insect
specimens on which they would like
information on control measures. He
also asked that a brief note be at
tached to the plant or animal at
tacked, giving the extent of damage
done to plants or animals, and other
items of interest.
The county agent will send the
specimens to Athens, under an ar
rangement between the Georgia Ag
ricultural Extension Service and the
State Entomological Society. ■ Speci
mens will be classified by Horace
Lund, secretary of the Entomological
Society and assistant professor of
entomology at the University of Geor
gia.
“The purpose of the movement is
to obtain information outlining the
seasonal and geographical distribu
tion of most of the insect species pres
ent in Georgia,” Mr. Mcßainey
said. “In order that information on
each species may be complete and re
liable, it is necessary that records
from Baker County, as well as all
other counties in the state, be ob
tained at various times of the year.
In addition to the reports supplied
by Professor Lund, the county agent
will be able to furnish farmers with
information on insect control meas
ures and other subject matter, which
will aid in possible identification and
classification of insect pests.
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i FARM BRIEFS
A negro tenant farmer in Washing
ton county claims some kind of a rec
ord for chicken-raising. Ephriam
Tucker and his wife, Emma, report
they raised 600 chickens out of 600
hatched—and that’s batting 1,000 per
cent in anybody’s league. He reports
also that his crops are “doing fine,”
with “no sign of boll weevils in my
cotton yet.”
Recent rains throughout South
'Georgia have caused tremendous im
provement in Georgia’s tobacco crop,
E. C. Westbrook, Extension tobacco
specialist reports. Before the recent
rains,” he says, “the crop looked dis
appointing. However, probably none
of the tobacco had been topped and
was, therefore, in condition to obtain
full benefit from the good seasons
which have prevailed generally
throughout the tobacco territory re
cently.”
The Department of State has ex
tended invitations ,on behalf of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace, to the
governments of ten cotton-exporting
countries, asking them to send rep
resentatives to a meeting in Wash-i
ington, beginning September 5, 1939,,
to discuss the possibility of working
out a world cotton agreement The
countries to which invitations have
been extended are Argentina, Brazil,
Egypt, France (for the French cotton ।
exporting colonies), Great Britain
(for the British cotton exporting col
onies). India, Mexico, Peru, Sudan,
and Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics.
Eighteen critical watersheds of the
nation now are the object of a joint
detailed study of the Bureau of Ag
ricultural Economics, the Soil Con
servation Service, and the Forest Ser
vice, according to announcement from
the Department of Agriculture. These
studies are being conducted under au-
My Views Os The News
Continued from First Page
dignity of Federal courts, was dealing with a subject which probably was
none too pleasant to many of his listeners.
Several members of the Congressional “economy bloc,” including Vir
ginia’s Senator Byrd, next day lauded the speech. Byrd considered it “sig
nificant” that Murphy should “take issue” with President Roosevelt.
INTERNATIONAL
An “observer” for THE BAKER COUNTY NEWS reporting her ex
periences at the New York World’s Fair on “Royalty Day,” Saturday, June
10th., in company with a British friend, says it was “like seeing Their
Majesties through a snow storm,” so thick was air overhead with waving hats,
papers or anything else one could find to wave.
When the King and Queen had driven by, our correspondent was startled
to find her Britisher “shedding tears of sheer happiness.”
When George VI and his Queen last week at a State luncheon in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, said goodbyes to Canada and the United States, they, too,
evinced signs of emotion—but of sadness rather than happiness.
The King wished that “by God’s grace, may nations live in peace as
neighbors” as is done in the Western Hemisphere.
The Queen, obviously touched, said, “I can not leave Canada without
expressing appreciation of affection . . .
“To the people of Canada and the United States, God bless you and
God be with you.”
thority of the national flood control
act of 1936, with a view to determin
ing how land resources within those
| watersheds may be expected to con
tribute, through development and
management, to the control of floods.
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DOUGHERTY FARMERS
TO HOLD FIRST PORK
I PRODUCTION CONTEST
ALBANY, Ga.—A pork production
contest, designed to increase the ton
nage of hogs produced for market on
Dougherty county farms, will begin
; July 1, according to an announce
। ment made this week by County
Agent J. C. Richardson.
First of its kind in the history of
Dougherty county, the contest will
last for a year, beginning on July
and ending June 30, 1940. The con
test is being sponsored by the Al
bany Chamber of Commerce Agrir
cultural Committee, in cooperation
with the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service.
Any farmer or farm owner operat
ing a farm in Dougherty county is
eligible to enter the competition. No
contestants will be allowed to enter
more than two farms in the contest,
however.
The project is limited to the number
of hogs marketed from each farm,
regardless of whether the owner or
operator owns or operates other
farms in the county. Entrance in the
contest cannot be made later than
September 1.
Twelve prizes totaling $255 will be
awarded winners. First prize winner
will get SSO, while second and third
placers will receive $45 and S4O, re
spectively.
Awards will be made on the basis of
70 percent for the average number of
pounds of hogs in liveweight produced
and marketed per acre of cropland in
the farm, and 30 percent for the av
erage price received per pound for all
hogs sold from the farm during the
contest period.
“Such a contest among Dougherty
county farmers will encourage hog
production on farms, and will thus
supplement the income from sale of
cash crops,” County Agent Richard
son, who is supervising the contest,
pointed out. “It will also improve- the
average quality of hogs marketed
from the farm.
“Farmers will have an opportunity
to learn more about hog breeding,
feeding, sanitation ,and cooperative
marketing,” Richardson continued. “A
wider and more intelligent use of
grazing and hogging off crops will be
gained through the contest.”
C. M. Shackelford is general chair
man of the contest. Other members
of the Rules and Regulations commit
tee include: J. P. Champion, chair
man; A. W. Muse, A. E. Runnells,
secretary of the Albany Chamber of
Commerce; Charles E. Bell, Jr., of
Tifton, Extension Service swine spe
cialist, and County Agent Richard
son.
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GEORGIA HOLDS LEAD
IN TREE PLANTINGS
UNDER AAA PROGRAM
Herbert Carruth, Agricultural Ex
tension Service forester, announced
from Athens this week that Georgia,
for the second consecutive year, led
the nation in 1938 in the number of
forest tree seedlings planted under the
Triple-A farm program.
Carruth said that a total of 7,036,000
seedlings were planted by Georgia
farmers to hold the lead in the na
tion. New York farmers came second
with a total planting of 3,610,000.
Pennsylvanians planted 4,347,000
seedlings for third place, and farmers
in Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Wisconsin passed the
three-million mark in forest tree
plantings.
“Farmers have more than doubled
their tree-planting activities since
1935,” Carruth pointed out “Reports
from the U. S. Forest Service indi
cate that forest seedlings have been
distributed to farmers in 41 states and
2 territories under the cooperative
program authorized by the Clarke-
McNary Law.
“A total of 55,359,728 trees was
distributed during the calendar year
1938, a figure more than double the
26,150,197 trees distributed in 1935,”
the Extension forester continued.
“Approximately 41,700,000 trees were
distributed under the federal farm
program in 1937 and around 35,600,-
000 were planted in 1936.”
The Clarke-McNary Law, passed in
1924, provides for the allotment of
federal funds to states matching such
appropriations for carrying on fire
protection work in forests and for
furnishing forest tree seedlings for
plantings on farms. Distribution is
made by the state forestry agencies,
and the trees are used only for forest
plantings on farms.
Expenditures by the federal gov
ernment during 1938 in the forest
seedling program were $75,286.33,
on the cooperative project, Carruth
said. Each state distributes the trees
at cost or less, in order to encourage
farm forestry.
In addition, the states also spent
$363,135.35 on outside projects such
as free distribution of trees for plant
ing by community forests, 4-H clubs,
schools, and similar organizations, the
Extension forester added.
Named Gulf of Pearls
When Columbus discovered Trinl-'
dad in 1498 he called the bay on the
western side of the island the Gulf
of Pearls, because of the gems
found in the oysters which had at
tached themselves to the trunks of
the mangrove trees growing along
the shoae, with their roots in he
bay. Columbus believed that when
the oysters opened their “mouths”
drops of dew from the trees fell
into them and that these drops even
tually grew into pearls. He hoped,
it is recorded, to gather enough
pearls to make a necklace for Queen
Isabella, but moved on from Trini
dad before accomplishmi his quest.
Phosphate in Arctic Circle
Within the Arctic circle lies Kir
ovsk, an eight-year-old town of 35,-
000. It has a huge output of apatite,
from which phosphate and industrial
phosphoric acid can be obtained.
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE
TO THE PUBLIC:
You are hereby notified that on the
third day of July, 1939, at 10 o’clock
A. M., the Board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues of Baker
County, Georgia, will receive bids at
their office in the Court House, New
ton, Ga., for the purchase by the said
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues the following property to be
used for County Road Purposes, to
wit:
One crawler type tractor, for gen
eral road use, equipped as follows:
(No. 1) 20 inch shoes; (2) Front pull
hook; (3) Standard radiator guard;
(4) less top, if same should be special
equipment; and (5) equipped for gas
oline consumption.
The said Board of Commissioners
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids that may be presented.
All bids not presented in person are
to be mailed to C. T. Williford, Clerk
of Commissioners, of Baker County,
Georgia.
This the 6th day of June, 1939.
J. H. HALL, Chairman,
Board of Commissioners
Os Roads and Revenues.
Attest: C. T. Williford,
Clerk of County Commissioners.
NOTICE
Georgia, Baker County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in the City of Newton in said
County, on the first Tuesday in July,
1939, between the legal hours of sale
to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
109.64 acres off the North side of
lot of land No. 390 in Baker County,
Georgia, and bounded as follows:
Commencing on the Northwest cor
ner of said lot of land and running
East a distance of 713 and one-half
yards to the public road-- thence in
a Southwesterly direction along said
public road a distance of 808 yards;
thence West a distance of 600 yards
to land line, and thence North of
808 yards to starting point. Said
land being recorded in Book 34, on
page 264.
Levied on and to be sold as the
property of Mrs. C. D. Brown to sat
isfy a tax fi. fa. issued by Charlie
Hay, ex-Tax Collector of Baker Coun
ty, Georgia, for the year of 1935. Said
taxes being State, County and School
tax.
Said fi. fa. in the hands of M. C.
Screws, Sheriff of Baker County,
Georgia.
Tenant in possession notified as re
quired by law.
This 7th day of June, 1939.
Baker County, Georgia.
M. C. SCREWS, Sheriff,
Arnall Flays County X
Merger Plart Sponsors
Attorney General Ellis A mall vig
orously defended county government
in Georgia in an address to the State
Convention of County Officers and
Peace Officers in Savannah recently.
Arnall used statistics and figures
to show that small counties were con
venient to the people and were ren
dering worthwhile services. “We take
a long stride away from democracy
and travel on a dangerous road when
we make our units of local govern
ment so large that the elected repre
sentatives and administrative officers
have no chance to study local prob
lems by direct contact with the peo
ple whom they serve," Arnall said.
“If you will take a list of all the
counties in Georgia, put by the side
of each county its area in square
miles and next to that insert the tax
rate, you will find that there is no
reasonable relation between the size
of the county and its tax rate. In
many, many instances you. will find
that small counties as, well as large
counties have surprisingly low tax
rates;
“Some of oUr economic theorists
proclaim that a' wholesale consolida
tion of counties will cure all of our
economic ills. If such a theory would
work in practice we would find taxes
in South Carolina, for instance, lower
than they are in Georgia, for South
Carolina has larger counties and fewer
of them. The faet is that taxes are
much higher in South Carolina than
they are in our own State.
“Some day our people are going to
realize that low county taxes come
from good county management, re
gardless of the size of the county.
Some counties give more services to
their people than do others, but the
determining factor in county tax rate
is local management regardless of the
size of the county,” Arnall said-
The Attorney General reminded the
county officials that the problems of
the counties and of the State are de
pendent for solution one on the other
and that through cooperation and mu
tual help State and County govern
ments can go forward together to
make a greater and better Georgia.
JURY LIST
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
for July Term, 1939, by his Honor
B. C. Gardner’s order to Jury Commis
sioners, of said Court, on 14th day of
June, 1939.
Grand Jurors
Temple, Dudley Jones, D. G.
Freeman, J. M. George Mack
Jernigan, J. H. Adams, J. L.
Deßarry, Ralph Heard, G. W.
Ethredge, G. C. Killebrew, Aubrey
Walton, E. W. Musgrove, J.
Tabb, Robt. Bullard, J. W.
Ethredge, Pat Tyson, Harry
Tennille, F. D. Ethredge, W. M.
Edwards, Clarence Hilburn, W. J.
Irvin, Wm. J. McNeal, E. P.
Jones, D. E. Edwards, Ralph
Hay, L. L. Irvin, Nealie
Tyson, Howard Jackson, G. E.
Newberry, J. Brant
Thompson, P. H. Jr.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
Tennille, Wallace Craft, J. W.
Allen, Bill Joiner, Jimmie
Jordan, Travis Morning, A. D.
Hudgins, Edward Ethredge, L. A.
Ellis, E. M. Sr. Cross, C. L.
Passmore, W. M. Kirksey, W. E.
Heard, Jim Burch, Morea
Newberry, W. I. Joiner, Carl
Newton, C. R. Griffin, J. H.
Swann, Wm. T. Jackson, J. Tom
Edwards, Joe W. Metz, J. W.
Harmon, Claney Maynard, W. T.
Norman Bill Craft, L. A.
Edmonds, W. N. Hilburn, Drewie
Sanders, Al A. Andrews, Robt.
McDonald, N. P. Mason, Jordan
Hall, W. Henry Davis, Geo. L.
Cook, Lee Stamps, Henry
Irvin, J .0. Bush Steve
Preston, J. W. Gleaton, J. T.
Suggs, Lude Durham, Ellis
Rogers, T. A. Peace, E. L.
Hatcher, E. Collins, J. W.
Hudson, Jinks
Thompson, P. H. Sr.
Traverse Jurors Drawn for Thursday
—First Week
Brooks, W. T. Phillips, D. M.
Collins, R. L. Parker, Thomas
Thomas, Louis Bryant, Clarence
Duke, C. J. Ethredge, J. O.
Merritt, C. C. Hall, Cal, Jr.
Kidd, W. J. Peace, J. W.
Wood, Will Durham, J. C. Sr.
Sheffield, A. E. Edwards, R. J.
Mercer, Will Gleaton, J. D.
Wooten, Riley Ethredge, Hugh
Radford, Earl Sheffield, Steve
Moore, Sam Wood, Robt.
vitamins in Citrus b ruits
Citrus fruits are excellent sources
of vitamin C.« Some of them, main
ly oranges, are good sources at
vitamin A and contain vitamin B.
Uncle Bboa’i Idea
“If yea want to be downright
exak,’’ said Uncle Eben, “don’t say
‘cacnaaoa sense’ when you w—
‘good sense.’ Good sense ain’t com
mon"
Home and Family
Life
Continued from Page 4
are the only bags allowed then shoes
(wrapped) go one at either end of
bag and the under things or sweaters
fill in the space between so that when
the' dresses do go in they are lying
flat and smooth.
Bag No. 3: There is no trick to
this one. It is a special bag for a spe
cial thing—shoes and hats, and it has
shoes spaces made in the lining, leav
ing a space in. the center for hats.
It 'is just one of those products of
progress you are traveling to see.
•' » »
To The People Who Take Their
Vacations At Home
I do not know how many people in
Baker County will travel this sum
mer, but I do know that some of you
will have to stay at home and milk
the cow and raise, a crop, so the others
will have, something tq come
However just -because you. don’t get,
on the highway -is ria* sign" you. cannot
get a vacation.’~The"best-- vacation I
everhad wasatmy o^r hqu^. Here
I caii dd'exactty-aa Dpleaseiif Lplw.
for It.' It is a ’wacation fer me tor
read sonie of’th^ hew books' I hive'
been Rearing about. Maybe jHdu hkve
been dying to do over some room
in the house—so while your neighbors
go gaiavanting over the country you<
get busy with paint and brush and
find satisfaction in exploring the four
corners of the living room.
Growing flowers gives one a good
summer trip, plenty of exercise, too.
And why stop with growing them—
why not try out some new arrange
ments of flowers for the house.
And there’s the kitchen. I can have
a picnic in my kitchen! If you must
know, cooking is a thrill to me. I
know it is hot—but then the hottest
I have ever been was traveling about
in a car, and I had nothing to show
for my trip either. I have learned
not to get so hot when I cook. Last
night I saw, (I am on a trip now) a
demonstration of Progress by General
Motors, in which the lecturer cooked
an egg without any fire—if I had not
been too timid I would have told him
we could do that in South Georgia
on the pavement in Newton maybe—
but he was showing a new contrap
tion of a stove which he said we would
be using in 1950. No fire, no beat
cooking by “remote control.” I came
home and went to bed to dream of
the day when I can sit down com
fortably with a eoil of electric wine in
my lap and cook a cake while I gos
sip with the neighbors. Tell me we
can’t have vacations at home!
You just watch out for Rural Elec
trification and labor-saving gadgets
that we are all going to enjoy soon.
But I was telling of vacation now,
in 1939, and I am thinking of vacation
as doing the thing you like to do the
best you can do it and getting satis
faction that way. And that is the kind
of vacation that costs nothing, takes
you nowhere but gets you places,
leaves you at home rested and relaxed,
gives you joy in your home, your
family and your community—a real
lasting vacation.
May you enjoy yours.
MOTHER.
P. S.—l hope ye Editor is a good
speller and proof-reader—for with
apologies to Webster I just don’t al
ways agree with him on spelling—so
you may find some odd looking words
in this column—unless the Editor and
Mr. Webster frame up on me.
First Spot Sub Shines On
It is said that Mount Katahdin In
Maine is the first spot in fin United
States upon which the sun shines
because this is the highest mountain
in the state sad Maine b the meat
easterly state In the Union.
Flowers Dye Thsmseioes
Cut flowers will change color by
absorbing ink. Placed in water con
taining dye nue* they will alter b
12 hours.
E. M. DOBBINS
ALBANY, GEORGIA
Local Representative For
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More Georgia
Farmers Take
Weekly Newspapers
WASHINGTON, D. C.—That Geor
i gia farmers are on their toes and
I more than keeping pace wtih the news
i of a swiftly moving world in their own
communities as well as in national
' and wbrld affairs, is disclosed today
।by a survey made by The National
' Fertilizer Association of the reading
habits of more than 32,000 farmers.
'The survey reports that 56 percent
। or more than 5 out of 10 of the State’s
i farmers take a weekly newspaper.
The State is above the national re
sults of The National Fertilizer As
sociation’s poll, which revealed that
in 35 states 53 percent of the farmers
take a weekly paper.
The National Fertilizer Association
survey was conducted to determine
farming practices in the use of fer
tilizer and to learn the sources of in
formation which farmers use and rely
upon. Six hundred and fifty men
asked 32,000 farmers in 35 States 25
questions of vital importance to agri
culture,. .. .
However, according to a recent
study of contents of papers farmers
read, general news although demand
ed, does not take the place of neigh
borhood and personal news which is
of prime interest to farmer readers.
Weekly newspapers, with their facili
ties for gathering and printing inti
mate local news, fill this requirement
and therefore hold an increasing popu
larity among rural readers.
May Regulate Growth of Bab
Nessler, whose book, “The Stary
M Hair,’’ b used aa a reference
and textbook, says: “In future gen
erations men will took back with
amusement upon the benighted
years when premature baldness was
a scourge. The time win come,
too, when mothers will be able to
regulate the development of their
children’s hair, even to develop
curly hair, just as they now develop
sturdy and robust children with
proper living and diet habits.”
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Moving Time Comes, knowing that
our service will be satisfactory in
every detail.
George Johnston
Transfer Service
Telephone 1644
ALBANY, - GEORGIA
DOUGLAS
JEWELRY CO.
Douglas has the finest equipped
watch and jewelry department
and the finest stock of Swiss
and American watch materials
in Southwest Georgia. We are
in the position to repair Any
watch and jewelry within 'the
shortest time possible. ’•
Accuracy Is Assured When
Douglas Repairs Your Watch
One year guarantee on all work
done by Douglas. Be one of our
satisfied customers.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED
And Estimates Given Before
Work Is Done
“WATCH DOUGLAS GROW*
Douglas Jewelry Co.
131 Court Ave.—Phone 1261
Albany, Ga.